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This movie is largely a rehash of Rocky III...


... with some elements of Rocky II (getting married and a baby being born) and Rocky IV (the fight at the end in Russia) thrown in.

Some notable differences include:

- The antagonist was no Clubber Lang. He was no Apollo Creed or Ivan Drago either, for that matter. He was generic as the day is long, which was a good match for the generic protagonist I guess. Why are the most interesting characters in an Adonis Creed vs. Viktor Drago movie named Rocky and Ivan?

- The classic Rocky movies (1 through 4) didn't have any ghetto "music" ("rap," "hip hop," or whatever it's called), though everyone's favorite, Rocky V (lol), had some.

- The classic Rocky movies were shot on expensive 35mm film and had fantastic lighting and color timing. The fight scenes in particular were the epitome of "theatrical." This movie on the other hand, had crap lighting and color timing and was shot on cheap video (free, actually, now that you don't even have to buy tapes). It looked like a TV show. That's "progress," right?

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